James

Most of the episode felt like getting ready for when the cameras really started rolling. my main bits of interest were: - Anything with Al Rummayan in - Darren Eales showing some research that the successful clubs have the biggest player wage budgets - but Al Rummayan telling him to not forget the manager. Now compare this to Lee Charnley’s research. - Staveley asking PIF to approve an extra £5m for AG via their head of European investment - and getting denied

Saw Joelinton on a big billboard in Manchester alongside Haaland and Rashford. Shows how far we’ve come

Sholo Ameobo

I think there is a clear and obvious strategy this window aiming at consistency of our performances. Barnes improves consistency on the left whilst Tonali and Livramento mean that losing Bruno or Trippier will have less impact on performances.

Chelsea lawyers are watching

Especially when we know Howe actually works to improve players unlike Mourinho or Conte who just use and discard

This is normally the part where we tell jokes about his leg falling off in the medical

It both excites me and unnerves me that going into this season there are only three players - Botman, Schar and Pope that I am confident I know that they will be picked in a specific position whenever fit.

Did ASM ever actually manage 2 goal contributions in a game?

Hope he brought cash

really? I just posted the above as a joke

PAUL DUMMETT

Assume Dummett and Ritchie are starting tomorrow?

Schar is crocked apparently

get over it

suspect we are still trying to find a way to minimise how much Chelsea get

Is Frimpong still available?

Has Ryder confirmed that he is not related to Tino Asprilla or Valentino Lazaro? We need to know.

This Amazon documentary could effectively end Ten Hag’s career looking at that

a good season at Swansea and he will be worth a fair bit

But…..Frimpong

At this point probably worth mentioning that anyone we sign henceforth has missed pre-season and we all know how Howe is with players who aren’t properly conditioned / tactically prepared.

The player churn at Brighton means they are more than good enough for top 9 but they will have weaknesses that prevent the consistent results needed for a table climb

If Kane goes I couldn’t rule out Spurs getting relegated this season.

I’m sure there is a loophole in the PL tests that we will expose. e.g. a 40% sell on fee which gets activated as ASM is awarded player of the season and moves to another Saudi club for £58m meaning that we pocket an additional £23m